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BA strikes set to go ahead after talks founder (AP)

May 23rd, 2010

British Airways planes are seen behind fencing at Heathrow airport in London, Friday, May 21, 2010. British Airways PLC has posted a record full-year net loss of 425 million pounds ($612 million) thanks to the recession, a tough winter and strikes by cabin crews in March. Friday's earnings update from the carrier, which is currently facing 15 more days of walkouts in a bitter dispute with cabin crews over changes to pay and working conditions is slightly better than had been feared. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - The union representing British Airways cabin crew said no new talks with the airline were scheduled and a series of planned strikes will begin Monday.


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Taiwan-China flight diverted after explosive claim (AP)

May 2nd, 2010

AP - A flight from the Taiwanese capital to the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai was diverted to a nearby Chinese airport Saturday after a passenger told cabin crew his…

British Airways strike bites but passengers fly (AFP)

March 20th, 2010

Grounded British Airways aircraft are parked at Heathrow Airport outside London. British Airways cabin crew on Saturday began a three-day strike over pay and conditions which will ground hundreds of flights, but the airline said many of its passengers were able to fly.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - British Airways cabin crew entered a second day of strikes Sunday that forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, but the airline insisted thousands of passengers were still…

Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike (AP)

March 20th, 2010

A British Airways plane is seen from Terminal 4 moving along the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London, early Saturday, March 20, 2010. A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew affecting thousands of travelers began Saturday after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders collapsed. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - British Airways was scrambling Saturday to deal with the start of a three-day strike by its cabin crew that has thrown the plans of thousands of travelers into…

Strike begins as talks between BA, union collapse (AP)

March 20th, 2010

A British Airways aeroplane descends to land at Heathrow Airport in London, Thursday March 18, 2010. A British news agency says that British Airways Chief Executive Willie Walsh is again talking with the union representing cabin crew staff, who are poised to strike from Saturday. The union has called for a three-day strike beginning Saturday and a four-day walkout beginning on March 27. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew affecting thousands of travelers began Saturday after last-ditch talks between the airline’s management and union leaders collapsed.


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Talks between BA, union break down (AP)

March 19th, 2010

AP - Talks between British Airways and the union representing its cabin crew have collapsed.

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